The Altruistic Urge: Why We’re Driven to Help Others: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Altruistic Urge: Why We’re Driven to Help Others runs 8.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Donna Postel (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.4 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 8,456 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Donna Postel
Donna Postel narrates 155 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,608 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mental Health & Psychology shelf
1,276 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Altruistic Urge: Why We’re Driven to Help Others is an audiobook by Stephanie D. Preston: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Donna Postel, released May 3, 2022, on the Mental Health & Psychology and Biology & Chemistry shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Donna Postel
- Released
- May 3, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mental Health & Psychology, Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781666153842
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Altruistic Urge: Why We’re Driven to Help Others as an audiobook?
The Altruistic Urge: Why We’re Driven to Help Others runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is The Altruistic Urge: Why We’re Driven to Help Others free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Altruistic Urge: Why We’re Driven to Help Others?
The Altruistic Urge: Why We’re Driven to Help Others is narrated by Donna Postel.